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Fort Lewis College Foundation history
 
(Collection M 001, Sub-group 7.D)

Brief history of the Fort Lewis College Development Office/ Fort Lewis College Foundation

The articles of incorporation for the earlier Endowment and Research Foundation of Fort Lewis Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1963 May 21, can be found in Series 7.D.10.   The Fort Lewis College Foundation was established with an initial gift of $18,700 from Mrs. Charles T. Mc Pherson of San Acacio, California, in late 1969.  The creation of the Foundation was proposed to the State Board of Agriculture in December of 1956 for the purpose of receiving gifts and disbursing funds for the betterment of the college.   Its articles of incorporation were reported to the Board on Dec. 11, 1956.  On April 7, 1972, the State Board of Agriculture approved the reorganization of the Foundation, with Fort Lewis College administrators no longer on the board of the Foundation  (Sources: State Board of Agriculture minutes, and Fort Lewis College Independent, Jan. 13, 1970, p. 1.)

List of officers of the Foundation

This list is drawn from Series 7.D.5 in the College Archives: Board members directories (1970-1991) and from Series 7.D.7: Executive Board meeting agendas and minutes (1969-ongoing).

Year President Vice President Treasurer Secretary
1970 Arthur Ballantine Mahlon T. White Daniel E. Black Dr. Rexer Berndt
1971 Arthur Ballantine Mahlon T. White Daniel E. Black Dr. Rexer Berndt
1972 Arthur Ballantine Mahlon T. White W. P. Ball Larry W. McDaniel
1973 Arthur Ballantine Mahlon T. White W. P. Ball Larry W. McDaniel
1974 Arthur Ballantine Mahlon T. White W. P. Ball Larry W. McDaniel
1975 Mahlon T. White Larry W. McDaniel R. W. Turner, Jr. Horace B. Griffen
1976 Mahlon T. White Larry W. McDaniel R. W. Turner, Jr. Horace B. Griffen
1977 Larry W. McDaniel R. W. Turner, Jr. Horace B. Griffen Jentra Barker
1978 Larry W. McDaniel R. W. Turner, Jr. Horace B. Griffen Jentra Barker
1979 R. W. Turner, Jr. Horace B. Griffen J. Douglas Shand Jentra Barker
1980 R. W. Turner, Jr. Jentra Barker J. Douglas Shand Richard G. Ballantine
1981 Jentra Barker J. Douglas Shand Richard G. Ballantine Robert L. Beers
1982 J. Douglas Shand Richard G. Ballantine Robert L. Beers James M. Jackson
1983 J. Douglas Shand Richard G. Ballantine Robert L. Beers James M. Jackson
1984 Richard G. Ballantine Robert L. Beers James M. Jackson Robert W. Willard
1985 Richard G. Ballantine Robert L. Beers James M. Jackson Robert W. Willard
1986 Robert W. Willard Donald T. Mapel Fred V. Kroeger James E. Morehart
1987 Robert W. Willard Donald T. Mapel Fred V. Kroeger James E. Morehart
1988 Robert W. Willard Donald T. Mapel Fred V. Kroeger James E. Morehart
1989 Robert W. Willard Donald T. Mapel Fred V. Kroeger James E. Morehart
1990 Donald T. Mapel Fred V. Kroeger James E. Morehart Jean Bader
1991 Donald T. Mapel Fred V. Kroeger James E. Morehart Jean Bader
1992 Fred V. Kroeger James E. Morehart Jean Bader Pat Conley
1993 Fred V. Kroeger James E. Morehart Jean Bader Pat Conley
1994 James E. Morehart Jean Bader Pat Conley Laroy Crow
1995 James E. Morehart Jean Bader Pat Conley Laroy Crow
1996 Jean Bader Pat Conley Laroy Crow Morley Ballantine
1997 Jean Bader Pat Conley Laroy Crow Morley Ballantine
1998 Pat Conley Laroy Crow Morley Ballantine Fred V. Kroeger
1999 Pat Conley Morley Ballantine Robert O. Hill Jane Knott
2000 Morley Ballantine Robert O. Hill J. Douglas Shand Jane Knott
2001 Morley Ballantine Robert O. Hill J. Douglas Shand Jane Knott
2002 Robert O. Hill      
2003 Robert O. Hill      
2004 Robert O. Hill Jane Knott   John Wells
2005 Jane Knott John Wells Robert O. Hill James Foster
2006 John Wells      
2007 John Wells      
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